Ivan Kireyevsky

Ivan Kireyevsky (3 April 1806-23 June 1856) was a Russian philosopher and a co-founder of the Slavophile movement in 19th century Russia.

Biography
Ivan Kireyevsky was born on 3 April 1806 in Moscow, Russian Empire, and he was the brother of Pyotr Kireyevsky. His staunchly anti-West and anti-atheist father died when he was young, and he was raised by his maternal aunt, who was also anti-West. While studying at Moscow State University, Kireyevsky began to develop his own nationalist points of view, and he criticized analytical rationality in Western Europe. Kireyevsky preached about how Orthodox Christianity and Plato were opponents of the Aristotelian views of the West, and he claimed that bonds of spiritual unity united Russia. He died of cholera in 1856.